This autumn, we are celebrating the canonisation of 2 Lay Dominicans: Pier Giorgio Frassati on 7 September, and Bartolo Longo on 19 October. To celebrate, we held a Zoom call on Tuesday 7th October. Lilian Lee (Edinburgh Fraternity) talked about Pier Giorgio Frassati, and Fr. Thomas Mannion OP, our Provincial Promoter of the Laity talked
Our 2025 Assembly took place at the Frassati Centre in Leicester, on Saturday 20 September. The theme of the day was ‘Mission’, in particular, the recent letter from the Master of the Order in which he asked us to think about the ‘4 Publics’ for our preaching. Our guest speaker was fr. Cristóbal Torres Iglesias
This year’s annual assembly for the Lay Dominicans of our Province takes place on Saturday, 20th September. The event will be at the Frassati Centre, Parish of the Holy Cross, Leicester, and the cost of the day is £15. This year’s theme is Mission and our keynote speaker is Fr Cristóbal Torres Iglesias OP, Dominican
Thinking Faith is a week-long summer retreat at Boarbank Hall, Cumbria, for working-age Catholics in need of a break! It runs from 26th July to 2nd August 2025. Boarbank Hall is near Grange-over-Sands, overlooking Morecambe Bay. Thinking Faith was started 20 years ago by Sr Margaret Atkins OSA with assistance from former members of the
This year’s seminar took place on 21-23 March at Hinsley Hall in Leeds. The theme was ‘Hope’ – as Pope Francis has given us the theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ for this Jubilee Year. As well as our 3 main speakers who looked at various aspects of Hope, we had short sessions on 2 other Jubilee
On Saturday 15th February, Bristol Fraternity hosted an event called ‘Sing Like a Dominican’. The event was very well attended and Fr Matthew and Br Reginald, who led the workshop, were described as ‘absolutely amazing’. During the day, the Fraternity also had the joy of celebrating the first professions of Maria, Christophe and Nick. Please
Bristol Fraternity very cordially invite you to join a workshop on Dominican Chant. Combining theory and practice this workshop invites you to learn about Dominican Chant in Dominican life. We will celebrate Mass together and the hands-on exercise allows you to immerse yourself into the beautiful tradition of Dominican chant, elevating your prayer life and
Crawley Fraternity are holding a day of Reflection for Advent on Saturday 14th December at the Dominican Missionary Sisters’ Convent in Crawley. The day is entitled ‘A Light from the Shadows Shall Spring’ and further information is on the poster below.
The Master of the Order, fr. Gerard Timoner OP, is currently visiting the English Province. On Saturday 12th October fr. Gerard said Mass for the whole Dominican family at St. Dominic’s, the Rosary Shrine, in London. Fr. Gerard was welcomed by fr. Nick Crowe OP (Prior Provincial), Sr. Ann Cunningham (representing the sisters), Margaret Doyle
Our Annual Assembly took place on Saturday 28 September. The theme of the day was Community, and our guest speakers were fr. Nick Crowe OP, Prior Provincial, and fr. Thomas Mannion OP, Provincial Promoter of the Laity. The talks are available to watch on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LayDominicans-wo8mw/videos We also held our Annual General Meeting.
